New Jersey § 13:18a-9
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 13:18a-9, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13:18a-9.
a. The goal of the comprehensive management plan with respect to the entire pinelands
area shall be to protect, preserve and enhance the significant values of the resources
thereof in a manner which is consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act
and the Federal Act. b. The goals of the comprehensive management plan with respect to the protection area
shall be to: (1) Preserve and maintain the essential character of the existing pinelands environment,
including the plant and animal species indigenous thereto and the habitat therefor; (2) Protect and maintain the quality of surface and ground waters; (3) Promote the continuation and expansion of agricultural and horticultural uses; (4) Discourage piecemeal and scattered development; and (5) Encourage appropriate patterns of compatible residential, commercial and industrial
development, in or adjacent to areas already utilized for such purposes, in order
to accommodate regional growth influences in an orderly way while protecting the pinelands
environment from the individual and cumulative adverse impacts thereof. c. The goals of the comprehensive management plan with respect to the preservation
area shall be to: (1) Preserve an extensive and contiguous area of land in its natural state, thereby
insuring the continuation of a pinelands environment which contains the unique and
significant ecological and other resources representative of the pinelands area; (2) Promote compatible agricultural, horticultural and recreational uses, including
hunting, fishing and trapping, within the framework of maintaining a pinelands environment; (3) Prohibit any construction or development which is incompatible with the preservation
of this unique area; (4) Provide a sufficient amount of undeveloped land to accommodate specific wilderness
management practices, such as selective burning, which are necessary to maintain the
special ecology of the preservation area; and (5) Protect and preserve the quantity and quality of existing surface and ground waters.
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